"Ruby, what's wrong? One minute you were up and pup, and now you're down and frown? Something happened between you and your friend?"
"No.
I…..
I'm sure whatever she is hiding is for my own good. Afterall, she was built to protect, not to increase anger."
"Exactly.
Wait, what am I exacting about again?"
"That's the thing. How can I not be angry at her. She answered all my questions; helped my thoughts; and talked to me. I asked if anybody asked for me. She said yes. I asked how many. She said one. I asked if they were ok, and she said they all were. Busy....but happy to do it."
"Then why are you not looking it?"
"I don't know. I guess...I guess I am just mad that out of all the people, she never told me 'who' it was that asked for me."
"Did you ask her to?"
"No."
"Did you want her to?"
".......No?
I mean, yes I would have, but no I wouldn't want her to or else I would be angry at everyone else who I thought was my friend but is now not."
"Because they are so busy?"
"But that's not an excuse. How can all of them be busy, but only one bother to call? That means...….they can't all be busy, can they?"
"Ruby, even you're busy; so hey. Don't think much of it and I am sure if you call back later she will give you a wonderful update. Until then, will you help us continue to update this Junk....I mean...…Funk.
Playground, here we come.
I am so glad you thought of a Playground for all us adults instead of a retirement home."
"I mean...you all are the right size to fit down the slide, so why not?"
"Practical...fun....not long thought out; recyclable; every Junkyard can do this; and very....not analytical. Wait, did I say practical already?"
"Yes, you did."
"That just shows how happy I am. Why don't we turn this whole entire planet into one huge enormous Bouncy house and Playground!!!!!!!!!!"
"That...…that would be something."
"Natysh has Candyland, and Dragons have flowers that never die. Everyone has something. We just have boring death and decay. We might not even have to leave the planet this time."
"Then what would you do with the old Spaceships?"
"Reuse them."
"No. I mean, if people are no longer making them for your departure; then people will continue making small ones. I don't know if your math is different then mine, but where I am from, it takes more small things to fit into one big thing, then two medium sized things."
"Oh."
"But a Playground is a good idea. Recycle everything from your ships; build castles...…walls.....moats....structures; and then....."
"Use stout leaves or something as a soft layer overtop.
We are old enough; and don't need anything to make us money for we have none."
"Nor any sense of a retailer or a store. As long as you don't fight........you could lure people here for a long time."
"And...…..our history would be on every single ride they touch."
*Clap*
"Well, let's get at it. No time like the present."
"I want the biggest, fastest, most baddest throw up in your face and eat it again because you are suspended in a loop, ride."
"Ewww."
"Can you make that happen?"
"Now I never want to go home.
But it's also the perfect way for people to want to come here."
"You still haven't figured out 'how' we are going to get them there."
"Oh shoot.
As a baby, my mom always said, 'All it takes is one step; and then after that just one in front of another. No need to rush. No need to scoot.'"
"But we still need something safer....to slide down."
"Stop asking questions. Stop asking questions. Ariel, we have ten months to figure this out."
"And what if we figure it out before then?
You said so yourself. Dragon brought you here to fight, not to play."
"Teaching adults to smile and play is the most hardest thing ever because they have to give up there ego to stoop down, while you have to reach up to pull them."
"My people aren't that scary."
"Just the 'Kids'"
"Eeeeee yeaaaa. They are the more protective ones because they have the body to do more harm."
"It's not the skilled fighter you have to fear, but the one who has nothing to lose."